How does one make a documentary about David Bowie, a prolific musician who frequently reinvented himself as a performer, sound great? That was the challenge facing the Emmy-nominated sound crew behind Brett Morgen’s “Moonage Daydream.”
“He’s a unique artistic genius,” points out re-recording mixer David Giammarco. “How do you do something like we’ve never seen before?”
Giammarco worked with fellow nominee Paul Massey and Morgen, writer-director-editor-producer on the documentary, to navigate their way through telling Bowie’s story. Morgen’s vision was not to use talking heads or a narrator.
Instead, he tells the story through archival footage made up of clips, interviews and performances.
Essentially, Bowie is telling his own story in the documentary. And it’s not a conventional bio either; rather, Morgen takes audiences on a musical odyssey. The director spent four years on his assemble and edit. It took another 18 months to construct the ambitious soundtrack.
“He’s a unique artistic genius,” points out re-recording mixer David Giammarco. “How do you do something like we’ve never seen before?”
Giammarco worked with fellow nominee Paul Massey and Morgen, writer-director-editor-producer on the documentary, to navigate their way through telling Bowie’s story. Morgen’s vision was not to use talking heads or a narrator.
Instead, he tells the story through archival footage made up of clips, interviews and performances.
Essentially, Bowie is telling his own story in the documentary. And it’s not a conventional bio either; rather, Morgen takes audiences on a musical odyssey. The director spent four years on his assemble and edit. It took another 18 months to construct the ambitious soundtrack.
- 8/27/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Is a Chicago Fire couple not only about to get back together but also take a major step forward in their relationship? That’s (partly) how the Season 11 finale left off in May. Firefighter Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) left Chicago pretty soon after he and paramedic Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer) finally got together after seasons of will they/won’t they, and they couldn’t make a long-distance relationship work, breaking up via a phone call. But he did return for a couple visits, including the aforementioned finale, after a possible lead in the Homeland Security case he’d been working. That coincided with a major moment in Brett’s personal life: her attempt to adopt a baby from a call. She just needed the mother to reclaim custody long enough to make the paramedic the baby’s legal guardian. Though she was still with Dylan at the time, she...
- 8/26/2023
- TV Insider
Chicago – Currently touring the film festival circuit, the new film “Unfriending” … by writer/director/brothers Brett and Jason Butler … is a pitch black comedy on our weirdly filtered world today. The Canadian filmmakers are veterans of five features, and have been building their reputations since the mid-2000s.
The film centers on Blake (Sean Meldrum) and his girlfriend May (Simone Jetsun), as they host a dinner party for their closest friends, including Blake’s oldest friend, Isaac (Alex Stone). The dinner party is actually a set up for a “life intervention” for Isaac, where the friend group tells him all the reasons he has become a burden to them and society in general, and that he should really just kill himself already. This black comedy is a razor sharp satire on cancel culture and the current me generation in general.
'Unfriending,' Written and Directed by Brett & Jason Butler
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The film centers on Blake (Sean Meldrum) and his girlfriend May (Simone Jetsun), as they host a dinner party for their closest friends, including Blake’s oldest friend, Isaac (Alex Stone). The dinner party is actually a set up for a “life intervention” for Isaac, where the friend group tells him all the reasons he has become a burden to them and society in general, and that he should really just kill himself already. This black comedy is a razor sharp satire on cancel culture and the current me generation in general.
'Unfriending,' Written and Directed by Brett & Jason Butler
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- 8/26/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Get your stilettos ready: Netflix's "Selling the Oc" is officially returning for season two. The streamer has finally announced the show's September premiere date, along with a poster and official trailer that unveils the returning castmates and a new face. "She'll ruffle a few feathers," Polly Brindle says in the clip of aspiring real estate agent Alexandra Harper. Based on the trailer, it also looks like the cast is setting their sights on Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Back in January, Netflix renewed the series for seasons two and three, with production for the former starting this past winter. The series, a spinoff of Netflix hit "Selling Sunset," premiered in August 2022 and introduced viewers to a new group of realtors all working their hardest to sell luxury homes for The Oppenheim Group under Jason and Brett Oppenheim. The cast includes brothers Jason and Brett, Alex Hall, Alexandra Jarvis, Alexandra Rose,...
Back in January, Netflix renewed the series for seasons two and three, with production for the former starting this past winter. The series, a spinoff of Netflix hit "Selling Sunset," premiered in August 2022 and introduced viewers to a new group of realtors all working their hardest to sell luxury homes for The Oppenheim Group under Jason and Brett Oppenheim. The cast includes brothers Jason and Brett, Alex Hall, Alexandra Jarvis, Alexandra Rose,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Love Is Blind Season 5 is coming to Netflix. Fresh episodes of the hit reality series drop on the streamer in September 2023. Plus, fans will get an update on how the season 4 couples are faring in a new season of Love Is Blind: After the Altar.
‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 is coming to Netflix on September 22 ‘Love Is Blind’ | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
The next season of Love Is Blind follows a group of Houston singles who are fed up with conventional approaches to finding love. They’ll enter the Pods and get to know each other, sight unseen. Then, the newly engaged couples will move into together, plan a wedding, and decide whether they really want to tie the knot.
Love Is Blind Season 5 has 10 episodes. Netflix will release the new season’s episodes in batches. The first four episodes hit the streaming service on Friday, Sept. 22, followed by additional episodes over the next three weeks.
‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 is coming to Netflix on September 22 ‘Love Is Blind’ | Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
The next season of Love Is Blind follows a group of Houston singles who are fed up with conventional approaches to finding love. They’ll enter the Pods and get to know each other, sight unseen. Then, the newly engaged couples will move into together, plan a wedding, and decide whether they really want to tie the knot.
Love Is Blind Season 5 has 10 episodes. Netflix will release the new season’s episodes in batches. The first four episodes hit the streaming service on Friday, Sept. 22, followed by additional episodes over the next three weeks.
- 8/22/2023
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Phil Dunster had an ace of a day on July 12. Not only did he score his first Emmy nomination — a best supporting actor nod for his work as cocky-turned-compassionate footballer Jamie Tartt on Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso — but the 31-year-old also toasted his good fortune by watching Grand Slam action at the All England Club.
“I’m looking over the courts now,” Dunster says as he surveys the scene during the men’s and women’s quarterfinal matches at Wimbledon as his brain volleys back and forth in an attempt to process the news on the eve of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which was called two days after this chat. “It’s an amazing day — and also quite a confusing day in the land of all things acting and the industry.”
The third season of Ted Lasso tracked Tartt’s journey from selfish, self-centered star of the team to a...
“I’m looking over the courts now,” Dunster says as he surveys the scene during the men’s and women’s quarterfinal matches at Wimbledon as his brain volleys back and forth in an attempt to process the news on the eve of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which was called two days after this chat. “It’s an amazing day — and also quite a confusing day in the land of all things acting and the industry.”
The third season of Ted Lasso tracked Tartt’s journey from selfish, self-centered star of the team to a...
- 8/19/2023
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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